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Becoming African Americans : Black public life in Harlem, 1919-1939 /

Africa has always played a role in black identity, but it was in the tumultuous period between the two world wars that black Americans first began to embrace a modern African American identity. Throwing off the legacy of slavery and segregation, black intellectuals, activists, and organizations soug...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Corbould, Clare
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Africa has always played a role in black identity, but it was in the tumultuous period between the two world wars that black Americans first began to embrace a modern African American identity. Throwing off the legacy of slavery and segregation, black intellectuals, activists, and organizations sought a prouder past in ancient Egypt and forged links to contemporary Africa. Their consciousness of a dual identity anticipated the hyphenated identities of new immigrants in the years after World War II, and an emerging sense of what it means to be a modern American.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 278 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-270) and index.
ISBN:9780674053656
0674053656